Both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education programs have failed to seriously change the sexual behavior of adolescents. There is an effective alternative: the sex education of Jesus Christ. I know what you're thinking - isn't abstinence the Christian teaching? Hasn't this method alrea
02.22.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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I try to keep in touch weekly with the news from back where I call home: Detroit. The other day, while checking the news online, I saw an article about the former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. He was filing an appeal to get his jail sentence for perjury overturned because he felt it was un
09.28.2010| The Fish Tank | Christopher Hopper
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"I am reminded of a story I heard years ago in Germany when Walter Ulbricht, the German Communist leader, was head of the German Democratic Republic. It was said that Ulbricht once had a conversation with Karl Barth about the new society that was being built in East Germany. Ulbricht boasted to
09.27.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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The “Mosque at Ground Zero” is a hot topic in the news right now. And personally, I do not have a strong opinion as to whether or not the Muslim Cultural Center should be built two blocks away from ground zero (and one block away from a “gentleman’s club”). But before Christians complai
08.24.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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I was watching Watership Down, the animated film last week in mourning for my two bunnies - Moonbun, whom I had to give up after fostering for a semester, and Muffin, who passed away in Australia. It's a beautiful, brave, witty, wise and sweet film - the kind of children's film that is pretty rare t
06.12.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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In light of Judith's post, it seems appropriate to give a response from the opposite side. Although my beliefs have become increasingly moderate with the growth of my faith (God is not a Republican nor a Democrat), I still have a tendency toward conservatism which I think is justifiable. I come f
06.9.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
20 CommentsWell, if you just look at this girl, you would quite easily come to the conclusion that she is liberal. I mean, come on. I wear flowers in my hair. I steal unnamed flowers from old churchyards and leave them at the feet of sleeping homeless people. I'm a writer and an artist and well, I went to Harv
06.8.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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